T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre

Current Research in Chinese Linguistics (CrCL)

Catalogues and Articles

Volume 105 Number 2 (April 2026)

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Special Topic: International Symposium on Silk Road Linguistics

369	Applicative Constructions in Northwestern Chinese Dialects: The Case of V-gěi (in Chinese)
	Hang Wang and Redouane Djamouri

395	Typological Study of Coordinating Conjunctions in Silk Road Languages (in Chinese)
	Kin Wing Kevin Chan and Chenxuan Li

421	“Sloppy” Identity Reading and Sluicing-like Constructions in Mandarin, Uyghur and Mongolian
	Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee and Xue Bai

441	From Coordinative Converb to Coordinative Conjunction: The Multi-functional Morpheme ʥi in Qinghai Tongren Bonan (in Chinese)
	Yuanhao Bi

463	Different Behaviours of the Chinese Plural Marker under Different Contact Scenarios (in Chinese)
	Zetao Xu and Victor Junnan Pan

489	Finitization of Non-Finite zhe in Gansu-Qinghai Sinitic Varieties (in Chinese)
	Ruoyu Chen

513	Probability Adverb haohao and shen in Xinjiang Jimusar Chinese Dialect (in Chinese)
	Yun Guo

531	Echo Reduplication in Altaic Languages: Form and Function (in Chinese)
	Mengyuan Tong

551	A Study on the Diachronic Change of Adverbial Clauses in Old Uyghur in the Perspective of Language Contact (in Chinese)
	Erdan Ye

577	The Formation of Jialai/Jiaqu: From a Perspective of Language Contact (in Chinese)
	Ningbo Jia

591	The Initial System of Hexi Chinese in the 5th Century: Centred on the Transcription in the Buddhist Texts Translated by Dharmakṣema of the Northern Liang Dynasty (in Chinese)
	Xiaolu Xiang

Chinese Language Studies

611	The Characteristics and Origin of the VOC Construction in the Haikou Min dialect (in Chinese)
	Bing Shen and Huayong Lin

637	The Origin and Development of Causative Verb Zhuo (in Chinese)
	Ding Ding and Ziyi Huang

659	An Etymological Analysis of the Temporal Noun Heijianglai in the Jin Dialect (in Chinese)
	Xin He and Xiaogang Zhao

679	The Constructionalization Process and Systematic Features of Chinese “A huqi A/A'”: With a Discussion on the Constructional Infix Nature of huqi (in Chinese)
	Yunbo Cao

705	A Comparative Analysis of the Indicating Functions of cai and jiu from a Boundary Perspective (in Chinese)
	Yu Qin

725	Functions and Origin of the “…gei…lia” Construction in the Jiyuan Dialect: With a Discussion on the Evolution of the Postposition “liangge(lia)” in Chinese Dialects (in Chinese)
	Yanmin Qiao

751	The Partial Merger and Re-differentiation of Nasal Finals of Shen, Zhen, Zeng, Geng and Tong Groups in Zhongyuan Mandarin at the Shaanxi-Gansu-Sichuan Border Region (in Chinese)
	Jia Zhuang

767	A Restudy on the Merging Phenomenon of the Ancient Tone rusheng in the Xinbeng Cluster of Zhongyuan Mandarin (in Chinese)
	Renping Ruan

783	The Revision of the National Phonetic Alphabet in Yuanlai Ruci and the Kunming Dialect of the 1920s (in Chinese)
	Qiang Deng and Jun Li

801	Postscript (in Chinese)
	Sze-Wing Tang